{"id":8337,"date":"2022-11-16T07:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T07:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2022-11-16T07:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T07:04:45","slug":"wedding-season-sees-demand-for-banquet-halls-jump-by-68-and-that-for-jewellers-by-43-justdial-consumer-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/articles\/8337","title":{"rendered":"Wedding season sees demand for banquet halls jump by 68% and that for jewellers by 43%: Justdial Consumer Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mumbai, Nov 15:<\/strong>&nbsp;After two years of low-key celebrations due to COVID restrictions, this year\u2019s wedding season sees a rise in demand (YOY) for a wide range of wedding services with searches for&nbsp;<strong>banquet halls being up by 83%, caterers by 57%<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>wedding jewellers by 44%,&nbsp;<\/strong>reports the latest Justdial Consumer Insights report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall demand on Justdial for wedding services, comprising&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>banquet halls, caterers, decorators, DJs, event organisers, wedding jewellers, tailors, mehendi artists, pandits, photographers, matrimonial bureaus, and wedding bands<\/strong>, saw a 30% jump across India\u2019s 1000 towns and cities. This demand was primarily accentuated by Tier-II cities that saw a 48% rise in demand, and in Tier-I cities it was 22%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the consumer trends during this wedding season,&nbsp;<strong>Mr. Prasun Kumar, CMO, Justdial<\/strong>&nbsp;said: \u201cWe are witnessing a surge in demand during this wedding season as India reportedly will see 32 lakh weddings in a period of next 30 days. The last two years have been difficult for wedding services due to restrictions on marriages due to COVID. Weddings have been a big driver for India\u2019s gig economy, and it is encouraging to witness that demand is rising fast in Tier-II cities. Demand for wedding services in Tier-II cities is now 2X vis-\u00e0-vis Tier-I and it augurs well for the economy at large. It also reflects the fact that businesses of all hues even in Tier-II towns and cities are now getting online to maximise their reach and enhance their business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst wedding services<strong>, jewellers, banquet halls, decorators, photographers, and caterers<\/strong>, were the&nbsp;<strong>top-5<\/strong>&nbsp;services that saw maximum demand and contributed to almost 60% of the searches related to wedding services on the platform.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For wedding jewellers, Mumbai topped the demand across the country followed by Delhi and Hyderabad. Searches in Tier-I cities rose by 29%, while Tier-II cities witnessed a jump of 44%. Among Tier-II cities, Jaipur led the demand race followed by Surat, Rajkot, Chandigarh, and Coimbatore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand (YOY) rise for banquet halls was the highest across all wedding services as it saw a 68% rise in searches in India. Among Tier-II cities this demand rose by 83%, and in Tier-I cities by 46%. Mumbai topped the searches for banquet halls and contributed to almost 27% of the demand in Tier-I cities followed by Delhi and Chennai in the second and third place respectively. Coimbatore, Surat, Nagpur, Lucknow, and Patna were the top-5 Tier-II cities that saw maximum demand for banquet halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Searches for decorators jumped by 31% with Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru driving maximum demand among Tier-I cities. The demand in Tier-II cities was up by 43% with cities like Chandigarh, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Surat driving maximum traction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for wedding photographers rose by 23% in the country with searches in Tier-II cities being 2.3X of that in Tier-I cities. Mumbai and Delhi contributed to almost 50% of the demand generated by Tier-I cities. Chandigarh, Lucknow, Patna, Rajkot, and Coimbatore were the top-5 Tier-II cities with maximum demand for wedding photographers.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Searches for caterers went up by 31% with Tier-II cities outstripping Tier-I cities in terms of demand. Tier-II cities saw the demand going up by 31% and Tier-I cities by 57%. Bengaluru, topping the list, had the highest demand for caterers followed by Mumbai and Delhi among Tier-I cities. Among Tier-II cities Jaipur, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, and Ernakulam were the top-5 with maximum demand for caterers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Nov 15:&nbsp;After two years of low-key celebrations due to COVID restrictions, this year\u2019s wedding season sees a rise in demand (YOY) for a wide range of wedding services with searches for&nbsp;banquet halls being up by 83%, caterers by 57%, and&nbsp;wedding jewellers by 44%,&nbsp;reports the latest Justdial Consumer Insights report. 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